Boston Chicken files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Boston Chicken Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection and closed 178 stores amid about 283 million dollars in debt due October 17. The Golden-based chain, which surged to 1,143 outlets, says 2,700 workers may transfer with closings and about 500 hourly employees will lose jobs with severance offered.
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Wall Street
Boston Chicken Inc
Boston Chicken
Boston Market
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Standard & Poors
Toddler Dies After Beating Over Sausages in Miami
A 2-year-old girl AshIey Smithson died after life support was withdrawn a month after she was beaten by her mother's boyfriend for eating breakfast sausages. Jackson Children's Hospital confirmed death on Sunday. The court had ordered withdrawal following guardianship discussions and medical ethics review.
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Miami
Ashley Smithson
Jackson Children’s Hospital
Richard Milstein
Milstein
Bruce Levy
Ashley
Javon D. Pickett
Kentucky teen pleads guilty but mentally ill in school shooting
In Paducah Kentucky Michael Adam Carneal 15 pleaded guilty but mentally ill to the Heath High School attack that killed three classmates and wounded five others on December 1. He will serve at least 25 years in prison with potential treatment and transfer to an adult facility at 18.
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Michael Carneal
McCracken County
Terry Long
Carneal
Heath High School
Kentucky
Paducah, Ky
Michael Adam Carneal
West Paducah
Chuck Granner
Michael
Granner
John and
Ann Carneal
Cocaine exposure linked to behavior problems in first graders
Study of 102 Chicago area children finds teachers rating cocaine exposed youngsters as more prone to behavior issues in 11 of 14 areas, including distractibility. Researchers caution competing factors such as maternal inattentiveness and home environment may contribute. larger studies needed to confirm long term neurological impact.
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Chicago
Virginia Delaney-Black
Wayne
Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatrics
Ira J. Chasnoff
National Association For Families and Addiction Research and Education
Chasnoff
Delaney-Black
Dow recovers late amid global crisis, Dow sinks below year start
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 58.45 to 7,726.24 after a late rally as investors weighed a 22 nation meeting in Washington that offered recommendations but no concrete plan. Broad indicators recovered from intraday lows though the index remains about 200 points under the year’s start and over 1,600 below the 1998 high.
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New York
Dow
Dow Jones
Richard E. Cripps
Washington
Air tanker crashes during blaze south of Banning
An air tanker went down while fighting a fast-moving fire south of Banning as winds swept the region. The incident occurred amid nine similar aircraft deployed to battle the blaze.
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